Synonyms of illuming

illuming

verb

present participle of illume

1

as in educating

to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding

a favorite line of an Eastern Church hymn reads, "through fast-closed doors Thou camest Thy Disciples to illume"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• educating
• inspiring
• illumining
• illuminating
• enriching
• transforming
• edifying
• enlightening
• nurturing
• uplifting
• improving
• ennobling
• lifting
• elevating
• ensouling
• regenerating
• transfiguring
• bettering
• exalting
• renewing
• glorifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confusing
• puzzling
• perplexing
• darkening
• obscuring
• clouding
• beclouding

2

as in illumining

to supply with light

during the vigil service the church's Gothic interior was illumed by the light of hundreds of tapers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illumining
• illuminating
• lighting
• brightening
• lightening
• irradiating
• bathing
• shining
• beaconing
• emblazing
• beating (down)
• glowing
• glistening
• radiating
• highlighting
• beaming
• gleaming
• glittering
• blinding
• kindling
• igniting
• dazzling
• blazing
• glaring
• spotlighting
• incinerating
• floodlighting
• haloing
• flaming
• enhaloing
• burning
• firing
• dazing
• bedazzling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• darkening
• blackening
• dimming
• obscuring
• dulling
• covering
• obfuscating
• quenching
• shrouding
• veiling
• extinguishing
• putting out
• dousing
• snuffing (out)
• dowsing